Improvement in cotton-bale ties



UNITED STATES 1PATENT OEEIcE.

FREDERIC COOK, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. h

lIMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-BALE I'IEVS.

Specification forming part of Letters'Patent No. 139,777, dated June 10, 1873; application filed November 5, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERIC Coon, of New Orleans, parish of Orleans and State of Louisiaua, have invented certain Improvements in Bale-Ties, of which the following is a specitication:

The nature of my invention is to provide a single-mortise open-slotted bale-tie that will not depend upon the expansion of the bale for holding the ends of the bands fast after the tying, the buckle having but one mortise encircled by an outer rim, and no iron being cut out of the buckle except to form the one mortise and open slot, the portions of the buckle which receive the strain of the bands being split and pressed away from the balance of the buckle without loss of metal, thus keeping the size of the ybuckle within a small compass; also, to provide a simple and easilyadjusted side slot bale tie that combines strength and quickness of adjustment with provisions to prevent the band-loops from coming out of the central mortise A after the tying is effected.

Reference is made to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view of baletie. It is intended to be made .of rolled strip-iron or other suitable material,

and may be formed in dies. A is a single mortise to receive the two looped ends of the bands B B, which are passed into the mortise A through the-open slot C, and the looped ends of the bands strain on the fingers D D. There is no metal taken out except the mortise A and the open slot- C. The fingers D D are split oi and pressed out from the body ot' the buckle and raised from its surface enough to let the looped ends of the bands pass over them into the mortise A. The ends of the bands are turned under toward the bale, and, when the strain comes on the bands, the outside rim E E of the buckle or tie-plate prevents their being withdrawn. F is a raised bead to give additional strength to the `side Where the fingers D are attached.

The open slot C is made at an angle so as to oft'er an opening just enough to admit one thickness of band-iron when the band is passed in square with the mort-isc, and, at the same time, the width of the slot may be sufficient to be easily punched out--that is, to have suficient width to the punch to give it strength, for experience has provedit diiiicult to get a y punch to stand where the width of the slot is square with the mortise, and, as a preventive of the band-ends coming out ofthe mortise, the stops or lips G Gr are turned up, against which the edges of the band-ends will strike after the looped ends of the bands are in the mortise,and will e'ectually prevent the band l coming out of the mortise through the open slot C, after they are once in, unless removed intentionally by hand. In this the buckle has to be tipped slightly to get the looped ends of the band into. the mortise A` until they pass the stops G, and, when the buckle returns to its natural position, the stops G prevent then bands coming out.

I do not claim as new the open` slot cut through one bar of clasp, the same being already embraced in the patent granted me March 2, 1858; nor the raised bead F, which has been long in use in cotton-ties, and is not the subject of any patent to myknowledge.

I am also aware that buckles have been made having a bar between the bent end ot' the band and the bale, but having several mortises eut out, which made them large and unsightly; but no buckle, to my knowledge, has ever before been made and constructed like the one I now apply forapatent for, having but one single central mortise,in combination with an open slot, and the outer rim split oft from the central buckle, the ends of the band passing between the outer rim and the central tin gers D.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-' i 1. The buckle having a single mortise and open slot, when surrounded by an outer rim, E, for the purpose speciiied, forming` therewith a new and improved buckle.

2. The buckle having, in combination, thc fingers D D split ofi' and pressed out from its body, with the single central mortise A, the open slot C, the stops orlips G, and the outer rim-plate E withthe looped ends of metallic bands, substantially as described.

Vitnesses: FREDERIC COOK. F. B. PARKINsoN, D. G. WIRE. 

